PEOPLE v. CHESSMAN

Docket No. Crim. 5006.

38 Cal.2d 166 (1951)

238 P.2d 1001

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CARYL CHESSMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 18, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caryl Chessman, in pro. per., for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan, Robert Wheeler and J. Miller Leavy, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

Defendant appeals from judgments of conviction of 17 felonies, rendered pursuant to jury verdicts, and from an order denying his motion for new trial. For convenience of discussion the crimes are listed in chronological order and numbered. Each paragraph indicates a separate general criminal enterprise, in each of which one or more offenses were committed.

January 3, 1948: (1) First degree robbery of McCullough.

January 13, 1948: (2) Grand...

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